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No silly, it’s not the absence of Ichiro. Clearly it’s the presence of Chone Figgins back at his comfort spot of #2 in the battin order.

WTF_Ms on
May 30th, 2012 9:56 pm

If the “average” Ichiro was in the lineup, the score might have been 24+.

Westside guy on
May 30th, 2012 10:02 pm

Globalalpha may be on to something! It’s the whole prodigal son angle.

Figgy left his home (the #2 behind Ichiro), complaining about how if he just were in the #1 spot things would go better. He gets in the #1 spot; for a short period things are going really great – then things turn on him, the fans start booing, his teammates stop returning his calls. He thinks “Oh! If only I were back in the #2 spot! Things were comfortable, and I was safely hidden behind Ichiro’s massive shadow!” He crawls back to Father Wedge, who says… “Welcome home, my son, and welcome back to the #2 spot because we’ve studied your matchups against this pitcher and you’ve obviously got his number, having gone 3 for 4 against him over your career!”

Okay, now the narrative is falling apart – I don’t know who to put in as the other son. Plus Wedge swears a lot, which doesn’t really work in a biblical setting.

PackBob on
May 30th, 2012 10:08 pm

And every starter had at least 1 hit and 1 run scored. That doesn’t happen very often.

Goodness Gracious!

PackBob on
May 30th, 2012 10:16 pm

Another cool stat for context posted by Baker: only the 7th time in MLB history a team has had 8+ runs in back-to-back innings.

dnc on
May 31st, 2012 12:51 am

There is no secret for tonight’s game. It’s a fluke. A magnificent, glorious, long overdue fluke.

IdahoFan on
May 31st, 2012 6:27 am

How many times has a team been the victim of a perfect game and later that year went on to score 21 runs?

Westside guy on
May 31st, 2012 8:32 am

How many times has a team been the victim of a perfect game and later that year went on to score 21 runs?

And, of those, how many were managed buy a guy who used to have a fierce mustache but is now clean-shaven?

Paul B on
May 31st, 2012 11:01 am

There is no secret for tonight’s game. It’s a fluke. A magnificent, glorious, long overdue fluke.

And yet, many people will struggle mightily to come up with a reason for it. Lineup, lucky socks, phase of the moon…

My reason is that I actually had selected Holland in the Pick 6 yesterday. So, you are all welcome.

ballgamejr on
May 31st, 2012 11:32 am

The Mariners are the second team in major league history to score 20 or more runs in a game in the same season in which they had a perfect game pitched against them. On June 12, 1880, Lee Richmond threw a perfect game against the National League club from Cleveland, a team that earlier that season had a 22-3 win over Buffalo.

eponymous coward on
May 31st, 2012 12:49 pm

Moar context: the M’s have scored about one third of their runs (73) in thirteen games against the Rangers and Rockies.

Let’s not think about the other forty games…

Jamison_M on
May 31st, 2012 12:55 pm

The stat line for May 20th – 28th covers nine games… even crazier context.

Breadbaker on
May 31st, 2012 2:19 pm

There is no secret for tonight’s game. It’s a fluke. A magnificent, glorious, long overdue fluke.

That nails it perfectly.

Baseball is a stupid game to bet on, because the worst teams still win over a third of their games, and a team with a terrible offense can score 22 runs against a good pitcher. Each plate appearance has an on-base percentage of either .000 or 1.000. You can beat the odds in a single game and usually will (or have the odds beaten against you).

If you had a rewind to yesterday, you’d still, if forced to bet on the game, take the Rangers and the under for runs scored by the Mariners.